Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 25
... were com- pleted for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 II.
... were com- pleted for the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 II.
Pagina 56
... deserted bar ; and Ma- dama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : " You say there were no passengers on the Karlse- 56 Cabbages and Kings.
... deserted bar ; and Ma- dama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : " You say there were no passengers on the Karlse- 56 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 59
... waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no passengers had come to Coralio on board of ...
... waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no passengers had come to Coralio on board of ...
Pagina 60
... waiting for something to occur , which was foreign to the air of Coralio . Like some passing bird of brilliant plumage , Smith alights on this palmy shore but to preen his wings for an instant and then to fly away upon silent pin- ions ...
... waiting for something to occur , which was foreign to the air of Coralio . Like some passing bird of brilliant plumage , Smith alights on this palmy shore but to preen his wings for an instant and then to fly away upon silent pin- ions ...
Pagina 61
... waiting to enrich his derelict audience with his moving tale of trepanning and jealousy . But prosperously to the lucidity of these loose pages , Smith shall flutter among them again . In the nick of time he shall come to tell us why he ...
... waiting to enrich his derelict audience with his moving tale of trepanning and jealousy . But prosperously to the lucidity of these loose pages , Smith shall flutter among them again . In the nick of time he shall come to tell us why he ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla